Eligibility

The Hunt 2024 begins on February 2nd, 2024 9:00AM EST and ends on February 11th at 11:59:59PM EST

This Event is first and foremost a Charity event. We REQUIRE you to be Fundraising for St. Jude via links in your chat and/or commands in your title (example: “Type !stjude to donate”) or even timers in chat to share the donation link occasionally. You’re always welcome to play along non-competitively, however, but you can NOT use the claims feature on the BorderlandsHunt.com Website

The player who completes the Hunt Checklist in the shortest amount of STREAM TIME is the Winner.  Upon obtaining the final item you do NOT have to end your stream to lock in your time. VODs will be used to track these times. As such, there is no daily limit to how many hours you can stream, but we ask all participants to please make sure to take breaks, drink water and remember that first to finish isn’t the winner, it’s all about total stream time. Your timer for each stream will begin the first time you hit PLAY and enter the game. Your ending timer for each stream will STOP when you do your final Save and Quit. This allows streamer to welcome their audience at the start and raid other Hunt streamers as they conclude, without worrying about their total time.

All gameplay MUST BE STREAMED on Twitch.tv, with public Video On Demand (VODs) enabled. Enable VODs in your Creator Dashboard under Settings -> Stream -> VOD Settings -> Store past broadcasts.

• NO GAME MODIFICATIONS* (DXVK IS ALLOWED)

• In order to prevent players having an unfair advantage, modifying your game with any of the following is not allowed:
  BLCMM files, text mods, launch options, special command line arguments, hexedits, PythonSDK, Cheat engine (and any other mods not listed)
• Any evidence of modding may get you disqualified!

If you have modded your game in the past, please clear your game of any mods before starting your hunt. You can remove old mods by deleting your game’s “Binaries” folder and verifying your game files.

*Visual config/ini tweaks such as disabling outlines or dynamic shadows are allowed. These kinds of tweaks have been found to not provide an advantage to players.

NO DISABLING MOVIES

• Disabling loading screens or cutscenes, even through ini tweaks, is not allowed

 

NO SAVE EDITING

• This should go without saying, but use of save editors such as gibbed or other tools is not allowed.

 

NO MACRO USAGE

• You cannot use external programs to make inputs for you. Rebinding single keys is fine, but multiple buttons or sequences are not.

You must CREATE NEW CHARACTERS for use during the hunt.

• All characters used during the hunt must be created after the start date and time of February 2nd 9:00AM EST. All characters must start from level 1; you CANNOT use the boosted level 30 characters included with the “Fight for Sanctuary” DLC. You may create and use multiple characters as long as they adhere to the rest of the rules. All items used must be found on these characters. You may not transfer items from characters made before the hunt date using Claptrap’s Stash.

You may only go back ONE PLAYTHROUGH below your character’s highest playthrough.

• After starting TVHM, you may return to NVHM
• After starting UVHM, you may return to TVHM, but are LOCKED OUT of NVHM
• After reaching OP1+, you may return to UVHM, but are LOCKED OUT of TVHM

 

NO BADASS RANK

• To keep everyone on the same footing, “Badass Rank” bonus stats must be disabled for the entirety of your hunt. Be sure to disable them before any combat sections.

• New for this years BL2 Hunt: OP Levels are NO LONGER REQUIRED as all items are obtainable in UVHM now, thanks to the Commander Lilith DLC.

 

Scoring

HUNT ITEMS to EARN POINTS!

• Each item on the checklist is worth points! Go find it in-game, and make a twitch clip of the the drop. Submit these clips to earn points, but note that each item can only be scored once. Your first Tinderbox drop is worth 2 points, but getting a second Tinderbox from either Captain Flynt or Sparky Flynt does NOT give you an additional 2 points.

• You may only claim ONE item as a world drop for the Hunt (not counting items that are World Drop Only, such as the Fire Bee)

MOONSHOT FARMING IS ALLOWED

• You may MOONSHOT FARM the Warrior for ONE DEDICATED DROP FOR POINTS PER PLAYTHROUGH (i.e. Normal Mode you get to count one Moonshot farmed item, then one more in TVHM and finally a third in UVHM. Moonshot farming the Warrior can be achieved on both PC and Console. There’s many guides on do this on YouTube.
• You may only TAKE ONE Moonshot Farmed Warriors Drop per playthrough.
  

VENDOR & SLOT MACHINE ITEMS ARE ALLOWED

• Legendary and Pearlescent checklist items found in vendors CAN be counted for points. You do not need to purchase these items to score, just submit a clip of the item in the vendor. These do NOT take your ONE world drop slot for points.
• SLOT MACHINE ITEMS COUNT. Any checklist items found in a slot machine can be counted for points! These do NOT take your ONE world drop slot for points.

 

TORGUE AND SERAPH VENDORS ARE ALLOWED 

• You can earn points for checklist items purchased from both Torgue Vendors and Seraph Vendors. Unlike regular vendors, items in these vendors MUST BE PURCHASED to be worth points. These do NOT take your ONE world drop slot for points.

 

FIRST TO FINISH THE CHECKLIST IN THE LEAST AMOUNT OF STREAM TIME IS THE WINNER!

• The first person to reach the maximum score in the lowest overall stream time wins! If nobody finishes the checklist, the winner will be the person with the highest total score.

 

Gameplay

NO GOLDEN CHEST LOOT

• No golden chest loot is allowed to be used in your playthrough.

 

Read Only/Alt+F4/Dashboard for MISSION REWARDS ONLY

• You can use any of the above “Quit Without Saving” methods to farm mission reward items. You MAY NOT use “Quit Without Saving” methods to farm items via Captain Blade’s Treasure Room, Rakkanoth, etc. You are also not allowed to use Claptrap’s Stash with Read Only to save items or item rolls.

 

ELEVATOR/GATE CRUSHING IS BANNED

• Instantly killing Master Gee by crushing him under his entrance gate and killing Pyro Pete by crushing him under his escape elevator is not allowed.

 

ALL DIGIPEAK SKIPS ARE BANNED

• Rocket/Grenade jumping to skip to end bosses (such as Digi Assassins or Binary Boss) or to skip past doors or walls locked behind combat sections is not allowed.

 

NO TEST DUMMY XP

• You may not kill the test dummy in Sanctuary repeatedly for experience.

 

THE FOLLOWING BUGS/GLITCHES ARE BANNED:

• Pimpernel/Launcher, Flakker/Launcher “Damage Glitch”
• Morningstar damage stacking
• Rising Shot respec stacking
• Buck Up glitch
• Axton Co-Op movespeed Glitch
• Vladof Launcher Infinite Ammo w/ Gunzerk Glitch
• Permanent Spore Cloud Damage Glitch
• Kill Stack glitch on Gaige and Maya

 

DOUBLE SHOTTING IS ALLOWED

MULTI SHOTTING IS ALLOWED

DROP RELOADING IS ALLOWED

Co-Op

DROPS IN CO-OP COUNT FOR ALL PLAYERS!

• Only one clip of the drop is required, if each player is present. Note that each person who wishes to count the drop MUST HAVE BEEN PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THE DROP.

 

LOBBY SWAPPING IS BANNED!

• Lobby Swapping is defined as players farming rare spawns in singleplayer, and grouping up when one person finds a rare enemy to count the drop. In order for a player to be eligible for loot from rare enemies, PLAYERS MUST BE IN THE LOBBY WHEN THE RARE ENEMY SPAWNS. This rule applies to Vermi, Tubbies, Omnd-Omnd-Ohk, and other rare spawns.

Co-Operators MUST BE WITHIN 2 LEVELS of the host (up or down)

Co-Operators MUST BE THE SAME OP LEVEL as the host

Co-Operators MUST USE THE SAME OP LEVEL GEAR as the host or lower

 

OUT OF BOUNDS RULES (NEW RULE)

OOB is now allowed.

You may NOT stay out of bounds to kill bosses for loot (for example Pyro Pete’s Ledge or Voracidous’ hidden underground room)